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JAMES L. JACKSON, OF NEWYORK., N. Y., ASSlGNOR TO DAVID ROPES, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FANS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN Be it knownv that I, JAMES L. JACKSON, of the city, Sttte, and county of New York, have invented anew and improved Pocket Fan; nnd I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference mnrked thereon.

Figure-l is a full view of the fan when open.

Fignre is nn isometrical view of fain when closed.

a a are the handles. b b', kc., nre the leaves. dis the cord connecting the leaves Ito the handles. ka is the connecting cord, to keep the leaves in place. (Oord, tape, or ribbon mcy be usedffor the purpose.) f is the pivot on which the leaves and handle turn. g g are the slots in the leaves of thefnn, to receive the cords e and CZ. I'

The nature of my invention consists in providing a. nea-t and compact fon, that may be folded up into n small compass and cnrried in the pocket Without being cumbersome, thc handles ot' the fan being mode the seme size and form of the leaves that constitute the fan.

Constructon and 0pcrati0n.

To enable others skilled in the nrt to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The leaves of the fan are cut out to the desired shape, of wood, or any other known materiel that hns the required substance to keep its place. The handles a a are then made of wood, or any other suitable material, to n shape corresponding with the lenves b b', end to n proper thickness to keep the leaves of the fen in their places nnd afordthem the required protection when closed and carried in the pocket. The lenves and handles of the i'nn having been made, the leaves b 82e., nre pnt together; then the handles a a ere pnt on outside oi' the before-mentioned leaves, and the Whole are riveted together, ns shown nt f, in u. manner so that the rivet f forms a. pivot for the leaves b b', die., and the-.handles a a to turn on. The funi now put together, there are holes or slotsg g', Ste., punched through the lenves to receive the connecting cords c and' d. The connecting cords c and dare then put through the slots; the leaves of the fain are then spaced off even, the handles "adjusted to their places, and the cords -are then made fast by means of glue or in any other known manner, the short cord d having been put nearer the centre or pivot f, and :L space lett between the leaves t b/, die., and the handle ya a of the fan, to enable the user to have free access to the httndle. The fen is now rendy for use.

laz'm. The fon, with its outer leaves a a connected to the adjacent leztvesA by straps el, and the remaining leaves retained by straps gg', whereby the outer leaves protect and enclose ,all the leaves when closed, and form a. handle for the fun when extended, substantially as represented and described.

J. L. JACKSON. Witnesses:

Onis. MORRILL, E. H. WILLAMs. 

